This symposium is dedicated to the understanding and characterization
of workloads which run on all types of computer systems. New
applications and programming paradigms continue to emerge as the use
of computers becomes more widespread and more sophisticated. Improving
process and communication technology, innovations in
microarchitecture, compilers, and virtual machine technology are also
changing the nature of problems that are being solved by computing
systems. Whether they are PDAs, wireless and embedded systems at the
low end or massively parallel systems at the high end, the design of
tomorrow's computing machines can be significantly improved through
the knowledge and ability to simulate the workload expected to run on
them.

Topics of Interest
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Papers are solicited in all areas related to characterization of
computing system workload. Topics of interest to participants in
the symposium include (but are not limited to):